Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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Corbels and masks

Baroque civic architecture is marked by some strongly characteristic elements, including the corbels that support the balconies.
The stone elements embedded in the wall were worked by master stonemasons into the most imaginative shapes.

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Rococo fabrics and furnishings

The house had to reflect the importance of the family that lived there, so it was essential to oversee all the details in the interior decoration, especially in the reception rooms.
The rooms were decorated in the French Rococo style in vogue at the time, especially in the choice of furniture and precious fabrics.

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto

A heritage of votive works

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

Art in the cathedral

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The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)

A story of rebirth

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The works in the church

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

A Nobel Prize in Modica

Luminous sacred spaces

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St. Agatha and the candelore

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Baroque creativity: recurring themes

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

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The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space

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The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque

Altars, saints and sculptural works

The Church of St. Benedict

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The Church of Madonna della Stella

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The two churches

The church and the college

A casket of precious works

The Benedictines’ library

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

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Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines

The interior of the church: space and colour

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Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

A unifying project for the city of Catania

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The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)

The city within the city

The Palazzo dei due mori

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The articulated interior spaces

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The Franciscan convent

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The city palace

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The expansion of space and changing reality

The Staircase of Angels

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Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The art of maiolica

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo

The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The interior and works of art

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

The palace, the town, the church

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City and nature

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The casket of austerity under the great dome

A stone garden

The new roads of the city

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Religious architecture

Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city

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The eagle-shaped city

Reconstruction after the earthquake

The Church of St. Paul

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

One city, three sites

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Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The church and the monastery

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

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Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi